Meet West!

WARNING: West is very cute and will undoubtedly cause a severe case of "puppy envy". The onset of this disease is very quick. Symptoms are characterized by high pitched "Oooh's" and "Awww's", ear to ear smiles, and in severe cases, an internet search history full of petfinder.com searches... View at your own risk!

We picked up the newest member of family last night - our blue merle Aussie pup from Windmill Aussies. His name is West and he's currently 8 weeks old. The hour-long trip home was quiet and vomit free - a good sign from such a young pup. Sonoma and Calhoun are warming up nicely to the idea of a new brother; the jury is still out with Pandi.... She'll come around I'm sure.
The first night in the crate went extremely well. After a nice round of petting and treats, he stayed in the crate and we shut the door. After only about 5 minutes of pouting he quieted down and fell asleep. We woke him up at 4 in the morning for a bathroom trip outside - on our account - and he fell back asleep in about three minutes afterwards.
Crystal and I played hooky on Wednesday to bond with Sonoma and West. We've played outside, inside, gone for a walk, and even learned to sit!! Such an exhausting morning lends to only one thing in the afternoon - PUPPY NAP! So we're all just laying around now in the living room, awaiting the next burst of puppy energy. Hopefully then Crystal and I will continue to have the energy to meet the needs of this needy life form.